Personality Traits and Civic Activity of Young Voters: Preliminary Evidence from Poland

• Authors: Maciej Marmola , Agata Olszanecka-Marmola , Klaudia Jagoda

Title variants

PL

Cechy osobowości a aktywność obywatelska młodych wyborców: wstępne ustalenia w odniesieniu do Polski

Abstracts

PL

W artykule zanalizowano, w jaki sposób osobowość determinuje aktywność obywatelską młodych wyborców w Polsce. Aby to sprawdzić, przeprowadzono badania empiryczne łączące cechy z modelu Wielkiej Piątki (ekstrawersja, ugodowość, sumienność, stabilność emocjonalna, intelekt) oraz, w przeciwieństwie do innych badań, cztery rodzaje aktywności obywatelskiej (zaangażowanie społeczne, partycypacja polityczna, partycypacja wyborcza, indywidualna aktywność polityczna). Analiza z wykorzystaniem modelu regresji liniowej metodą najmniejszych kwadratów (OLS) wykazała istotny wpływ ekstrawersji na większość przejawów aktywności obywatelskiej. Badani, którzy uzyskali wyższe wyniki w wymiarze ekstrawersji, częściej angażowali się w działania zaklasyfikowane jako indywidualna działalność polityczna, zaangażowanie społeczne i partycypacja polityczna. Ponadto intelekt wiązał się z indywidualną aktywnością polityczną, podczas gdy stabilność emocjonalna nie miała istotnego wpływu na aktywność obywatelską. Badanie wykazało również pewne zależności między aktywnością obywatelską a modelem Wielkiej Piątki. Ugodowość pozytywnie wpływała na zaangażowanie społeczne i partycypację wyborczą, podczas gdy sumienność zwiększyła partycypację polityczną.

EN

The article analyzes how personality determines the civic activity of young voters in Poland. To check this, empirical research combining Big Five traits (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, intellect) and, unlike other studies, four types of civic activity (social commitment, political participation, electoral participation, individual political activity) was conducted. The OLS regression analysis revealed a significant effect of extraversion on most manifestations of civic activity. Those who score higher on this trait were more likely to involve in individual political activity, social commitment, and political participation. Moreover, intellect was associated with individual political activity, while emotional stability had no significant impact on civic activity. The study also discovered some dependencies with the other Big Five traits. Agreeableness positively influenced social commitment and electoral participation, while conscientiousness increased political participation.

Keywords

EN

civic activity; personality; Big Five traits; political participation; social commitment

PL

aktywność obywatelska; osobowość; Wielka Piątka; partycypacja polityczna; zaangażowanie społeczne

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Athenaeum. Polskie Studia Politologiczne
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 80
• Pages: 117-137

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Maciej Marmola

• University of Silesia in Katowice

• https://orcid.org/0000000319111125

author

Agata Olszanecka-Marmola

• University of Silesia in Katowice

• https://orcid.org/0000000203822267

author

Klaudia Jagoda

• University of Silesia in Katowice

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/athena.2023.80.07

Biblioteka Nauki

25806055